When "How I Met Your Mother" bowed out this past March, many fans of the show could barely contain their outrage. It was not the ending that people were looking for, and it wasn't really the reaction that the creators of the show were looking for either. After the backlash, the show's creator Carter Bays tweeted as much:
Carter Bays ✔ @CarterBaysFollow
"If you didn't like the finale, I guess that happens. We tried something and it didn't connect with you. I hope we're still friends."
Yeah, those don't seem like the words of someone who is pleased with the fan reaction. It's got to be tough to put that much work into something and see everyone hate it, right? Maybe that's why he also wanted to let people know that there was still hope.
The promise of an alternate, happier ending for the show also began to circulate after this set of tweets:
Carter Bays ✔ @CarterBaysFollow"So anyway, here's a bit of news: 16 days ago today we were in the HIMYM edit room, trying to decide between two very different endings.:
Carter Bays ✔ @CarterBaysFollow"We chose the ending we chose and we stand by it. But we loved the other version too."
1:55 AM - 5 Apr 2014Carter Bays ✔ @CarterBaysFollow"We're going to include that version on the Complete Series DVD as an alternate finale to How I Met Your Mother."
And it looks like this version is now online.
Well, now the other ending is here. It features a mini-recap of the whole show, a little bit of courage and, well... I'll let you bask in the romance yourself:
Source: Mtv.com
